Wednesday in Choju (Poland) was the second day of the European Athletics Team Championship, which was extremely successful for Lithuanian representatives. The country's athletes won two second places, one third and three fourth places, which brought the team as many as 83 points.
He set the tone for the team's successful performance Marius Vadeikis, who jumped 7.80 m in the long jump event (second place) and repeated the personal record set 12 years ago. "Something unreal. I jumped and did not understand what happened, because I had not had such a result for many years. It's like a second birthday," the team jumper was happy.
After the great performance, the athlete also praised the stadium: "The stadium is super, the surface is as fast as I have ever seen it. You step on it and your legs run away."
M. Vadeikis did not forget to thank the fans in the stands as well: "A lot of support came to the far sector, they probably saw that it was going well (laughing). I am very grateful to those who supported me." The match was won by the Croat who beat Mariės by just 6 centimeters Mark Cheko.
In the discus sector Andrius Gudžius threw the javelin 64.94m and also took second place. "I needed maximum points, what I could win, that's it Christian Czech (69,94 m and the recorded championship record) was not even realistic and planned to overcome", Andrius said after the match.
A. Gudžius, who aimed for the second place, achieved his goal: "I fought quite carefully with the third-placed Icelander. I watched what he was going to do and I was afraid to take a risk so I wouldn't mess up."
"I made my result in the last attempt, but I didn't stand out in the sector. It was very hot and difficult for me, so I didn't make strong throws right away," said the discus thrower, who lived up to the team's expectations.
Recently from JAV after returning Gabija Galvydytė In the 800 m, he improved his personal record and took fourth place (2 min. 00,29 sec.). "Emotions are good, but it's a personal record. I thought I would run fast, but I didn't expect to improve my personal record," the middle-distance runner did not hide.
After the finish, Gabija said that it was possible to run faster: "Many very tactical mistakes, which required a lot of effort. In general, I am very happy with both the stadium and the Lithuanian support."
G. Galvydytė will also run in the 1500 m event on Thursday: "I think that if I can run 800 m like that, I will also run fast in 1500 m. I'm trying not to overburden myself and I'm going relaxed, but I hope to set a personal record." The Ukrainian was the fastest in the 800m. Natalia Krol (1 min. 59,77 sec.).
He won the fourth place after starting in his main event Simas Bertašius. 1500 m in 3 min. 43,01 sec. after winning, Simas won 13 points for the Lithuanian team. "The result itself in such championships is usually unpredictable, because there is a tactical battle and no one wants to go forward and lead the run," commented S. Bertašius.
"I think I had a good run. I did what I could for today. The three guys at the front have better results this season, so everything is trending and logical. I was neither surprised nor disappointed", said the lightweight athlete after the finish. The Serbian won this match Elzan Bibičius (3 min. 41,35 sec.).
He performed flawlessly in the 4×100 m relay Andre Ožechauskaitė, Modesta Justė Morauskaitė, Eva Misiūnaitė ir Lucretija Sabaitytė. The match in 44,06 seconds. the winning girls recorded the third result in the history of Lithuania and took third place. They are 0,57 seconds behind the Hungarians who won the event and broke the national record.
He won the fourth place in the triple jump sector Aina Grikšaite, who jumped 13.53m in her first, best attempt. The favorite from Ukraine won the match Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (14.58 m). He took a high fifth place on Wednesday after improving his personal record Rapola Saulius. 400 m hurdles in 51,64 seconds. the defeated athlete from the winner's esto Rasmus Magi 3,01 seconds behind
The hammer thrower took the eighth place and earned nine points for the team Tomas Vasiliauskas (68.73 m). The Ukrainian was the best in the hammer throw sector Mykhaylo Kokhan (77.03 m). Those who participated in the 4×100 men's relay Kristupas Seikauskas, Tomas Keršulis, Kostas Skrabulis, Gediminas Truskauskas remained ninth (40,10 seconds), and the Ukrainians won (39,03 seconds).
400 mb/b Ema Sarafinaite recorded the best result of the Lithuanian season (1 min. 01,37 sec.) and took tenth place. The Ukrainian woman was unbeatable in the same match Victoria Tkachuk (55,87 sec.). 110 MB/s Edgar Benkunskas remained twelfth (14,49 sec.), and 100 mb/b Gabija Klimukaitė completed in 14,10 sec. and took fourteenth place. In these matches, the representative from Cyprus won respectively Milan Trajkovicius (13,38 sec.) and Hungarian Luca Kozak (12,89 sec.). Pole vaulter For Rugile Miklyčiūta this time the result could not be captured.
Before the final day of the European Team Championship, Lithuania has 231 points. First Hungarians (331), second Ukrainians (293.50), third Slovenians (266.50), and fifth Romanians (228).
